Art media — 26 November 2010

maz jobraniMaziar “Maz” Jobrani (Persian: مازیار جبرانی; born February 26, 1972) is an Iranian comedian who is part of the “Axis of Evil” comedy group. The group appeared on a comedy special on Comedy Central. Jobrani has also appeared in numerous films, television shows, including Better Off Ted, on radio and in comedy clubs. His filmography includes roles in The Interpreter, Friday After Next, and Dragonfly.

Life and career

Born in Tehran, Iran, Jobrani and his parents moved to California when he was six years old. He was raised in Tiburon in the San Francisco Bay area. He attended Redwood High School in Larkspur. Jobrani studied political science and Italian at UC Berkeley, where he received a B.A. degree. He was enrolled in a Ph.D. program at UCLA when he decided to pursue his childhood dream of acting and performing comedy.

He has since made appearances on shows like The Colbert Report, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Talkshow with Spike Feresten and regularly performs at top comedy clubs (in California and New York) such as The Comedy Store. He made an appearance as a dental patient on an episode of Still Standing, in the pilot episodes of Better Off Ted and on an episode of Cedric the Entertainer Presents. Jobrani will play Mohammed Jazeyeri in the upcoming ABC sitcom, Funny in Farsi based on the book of the same name. He has toured with the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour. He provided the voice of Ahmed Farahnakian in the audiobook version of World War Z.

Jobrani’s jokes focuses on race, while outwardly poking fun at his own ethnic group, Iranians.

He is married to an Indian-American woman, an attorney. They reside in California.

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